Egmond acoustic guitar review
On December 15, 1970, Moore and Tokai Gakki entered a joint venture called Tokai USA Inc., and Tokai began making private label and OEM guitars. Tokai had become very successful in Japan making and marketing the Pianaca, a keyboard harmonica used in Japanese schools. With only a voucher of credit in his pocket and no contacts, Moore hooked up with a Mr. Worth, Texas, and one of the founders of Hondo, visited Japan in order to strike up a guitarmaking deal. In ’67, Tommy Moore, the successful musical instrument merchandiser from Ft. In an ad stretching across the top of a two-page spread, drawn cartoon-fashion with a jet soaring from Japan to the United States, the headline read, “Kasuga Guitars Come To America.” Kasuga was a guitarmaker established in Nagoya, Japan, in the late ’60s. : : In May of ’72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. Here is an article that I got from the web. : : I looked Kasuga up and I believe they still are making guitars but only in Japan. From what I see through Googling they went out of business. I own a Kasuga Guitar my parents bought through my guitar teacher back in the early 1970's. In â67, Tommy Moore, the successful musical instrument merchandiser from Ft. In an ad stretching across the top of a two-page spread, drawn cartoon-fashion with a jet soaring from Japan to the United States, the headline read, âKasuga Guitars Come To America.â Kasuga was a guitarmaker established in Nagoya, Japan, in the late â60s. : In May of â72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. : I looked Kasuga up and I believe they still are making guitars but only in Japan. In May of â72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. I looked Kasuga up and I believe they still are making guitars but only in Japan. : I know they dont exist,but surely somewhere must have a gallery of the models. : can anyone post a link as to where i can view the various models that Kasuga made. none of my muso mates (a few who swear by gibson les pauls )can believe the playability & tonal/build quality of this guitar, maybe i found a gem ! as i have not been able to find any info on kasuga archtop solids, i would love to find a gallery and or a link. Pickups were replaced with a dimarzio super 3 (bridge)&Īn ibanez v2 super 7 (neck)a brass nut & schaller tuners completed the restore and my kasuga is as tonaly & playably awsome today as the hundreds of gigs it has done since i found her in 1997. Specs are : mahogany body & neck,rosewood figured catved top & headstock, rosewood fingerboard w/block inlays,Īs i bought this guitar from an old muso for $50.00 aus, it needed some love, In fact i have searched for obout 12 years to find a gibson les paul of the same vintage but of the many i have tried i havent found one to equal my kasuga. I own a Kasuga les paul ,i beliwve it to be of 1970 build (possibly earlier)it is the finest les paul copy i have played.